Safety clothesline attachment for windows



L. E. RINGELSTEIN. SAFETY CLOTHESLINE ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOWS.`

PPLLCATIOH FILED APR. 5, 1919.

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Patented Mm: 23,1920.

vaise/55a om f" w lll LOUISEE. RINGELSTEIN, OF YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY` CLOTHESLINE ATTACHMENT FOR WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920."

Applicationied 'April 5,1319;` Serial No. 287,685.

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Be it known that I, LoUisn E. Rinenn s'rnin, a citizen oi the United States, and re-` sidingat New York, in the county ofBronX and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Safety (,llothesline Attachments for ldindows, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertainsvto make and use the same.

The objectot' this invention is to provide a clothesline attachmenttor the windows of apartments in dats or other dwellings in connection with which an endless clothesline is employed, and the construction and operation ot' which is such that clothes or other articles may be placedon the line to dry and removed therefrom when dried by an operator standing within the room or apartment and without danger oilf accidents or in jury which frequently accompany operations ot the ciass reterred to; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device or apparatus ot the class, specilied, constructed and operated as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is iully diclosed in the lollowing specification, of which the. accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a sectional view showingl one side of' a window 'trame and the top and bottom .lor outer and inner sashes mounted therein and showing my invention in position it'or use;

Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l and showing a part ot the invention when not in use;

Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 3-3 olf Fig. 2; l

Fig. 4L a sectionallview on the line 4 /L ott Fig. l, and,

l? 5 a section on the line 5-5 ot' Fig. l.

ln the accompanying drawing I have shown at a one side of a window trame and at 2') and c a top or outer and a bottom or inner sash respectively, and, in the practice ot my invention, I provide a bracket (Z which is secured to the outside of a window frame at a predetermined point, preferably just below the bottoni ot the top `or outer sash b when the latter is in a closed position, and

into which is screwed a holt l? providedwith a head cl3.

I also provide an arm c one end oliwhichl` e3 on which is mountedla sleevegct, which islieldin` place by a threaded nut and he tween the inner end ot' the sleeve c'i andthe head e2 is rotatablyiinounted a main pulley j" having a shank f2 throughwhich the rod c3 passes, and the sleeve et is provided centrally ot oneside thereof with a stud el", and a screw pin g-having a heady2 is passed through the `head d ot' the holt (Z2 to rotatably; connect the sleeve c* with the head ot said bolt.

The pulley comprises a body portion through which is passed a pin f on which the usual grooved wheel f is mounted, and rotatably mounted on one end ot the `pin f is a supplemental pulley li., said supplemental pulley /i comprises a U-shaped trame h2 in which is mountedithe `usual grooved wheel 7b3, and while one side ot the U shaped 'frame It? is rotatably mounted in connection with the pulley f, the other side of said trame is bent outwardly laterally to torni a hook-shaped member 7a4.

Connected with the free end ot the arm c is a spiral or open hook members', this connection` being,` made in any desired manner, and detachably and loosely connected with said spiral or open hook member is a pulley 2 with which the clothesline l7' is adapted to be `connected as shown and as hereinafter described.

Secured to the outside of the window `trame and at a predetermined distance below the bracket attachment CZ is a bracket arm il: provided; atits end with an open spring clamp 7a2 adapted to receive the arm. e when thc latter is. in a vertical position, and secured to the inner side of the window trame and approximately in a transverse liuc with the bracket attachment CZ, in the torni ot construction shown, is a keeper min which is rotatably mounted an arm m2 provided at itsend with a clamp m3 which opens upwardly andiwhich is adapted to support thefarm e in a horizontal position as shown in full lines in Fig. 1.

i With this :construction the arm c may be swungsin a` vertical plane into` the horizon tal position shown in Fig. l, in which p0sition said armwill project inwardly ofthe Y, window or window frame and into the room y Window Vor 'window-frame, and the upper party'2 ofsaidi lineV is passed through the pulley f, around-fthe pulley 2 and the lower party'3 of said line may be connected with i or passed through the pulley h when desired,

orV disengaged from said pulley as will be readily understood.-v v j 1 ThenV this device is not:in use the part y573 oftheI line is connectedwith theJ pulley 7ias indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 3, and

thea'rm-e is supported in a vertical position outsideof the window sashes Vas is also indi- Y cated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when it is desired to place articles to be Ydried on said line, the ylower sash is raised, the upper sash 310' being presumed to be in its raised position,

and the arm c is detached from the bracket arm and is raised into the full line position shown in'Fig. 1, in which position said Y arm extends inwardly of the window frame and a predetermined distance into the room A or compartment; The part js of the line is then detached from the pulley It and an operator standing inthe room or compartment mayfhangrarticles tobe dried on the l4'0 part i3 of the line in whichY operation the line is moved around its supportsin the di-A rection of the arrows a; by grasping the bottom :part js. thereof, and this operation is re- Y peated or continued until all the articles to be dried are placed upon the line, after which the part jg of the line is engaged with the pulley h and the arm e swung` downwardly into'the` position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, after which .the inner or bottom sash of the-window may be closed; and when the articles on the line are dried and it is desired to remove them from the line the inner or bottom sash is raised, the arm e also raised into the position shown in full k lines in Fig. 1, Vand the line j'is manipulated bygmeans of L'the bottom part ja thereof to move said line in the direction of the arrows jxjinwhich operation the vsaid'articles are removed from the line in vtheusual manner.

Withvmy improvement the danger of falling out of the window which frequently happens in operations of the class Yherein referred to, is totally obviated and any danger of such accidents avoided, and Vthev operation of placing articles to be dried on ythe line and removing them therefrom 1s reny dered a simple one which may be easily performed by the operator without stress or strain, or the danger usually accompanying operations of this class.

Although I have shown and described the preferred means for carrying my invention into effect, such invention is not limited to the details of construction herein shown and Y described, and changes therein and modifications vthereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is zl. In an apparatus of the class described, a bracket attachment adapted to be secured to the outside of a window frame, a rotatable arm holder mounted in connection with said bracket attachment and adapted to Vswing horizontally and vertically, an arm rotatably mounted in connection with said holder, a main pulley rotatably mounted on said arm adjacent to said holder, a supplemental pulley rotatably mounted in connection with the main pulley and suspended therefrom and provided with an open side, and another pulley loosely and detachably connected with the free end of said arm.

2. In an apparatus of the cla-ss described, a bracket attachment adapted to be secured to the outside of L window frame and provided with a rotatable arm holder, a. main arm loosely and rotatably mounted in connection with said holder and adapted to swing vertically and horizontally and in different planes at different angles to the window frame, a bracket arm adapted to be secured to the window frame below the bracket attachment and provided with a spring clamp adapted to hold said arm in a vertical position and a supplemental arm rotatably mounted in connection with the inner side of the window frame and adapted to hold the main arm in a horizontal position, said main arm being also provided adjacent to said bracket attachment with a pulley rotatable transversely thereof and having a supplemental pulley loosely suspended therefrom and provided with an open side, said main arm being also provided at its free end with a pulley which is loosely and detachably connected therewith.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses. this 3rd day of April, 1919.

` LOUISE E. RINGELSTEIN.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

